Blackpool Week isn’t Strictly’s only annual tradition. Every year, there are a series of special shows which fans look forward to. Others include Movies Week, which took place last month – and saw Bollywood music come to the ballroom.

JLS singer JB and his pro Lauren Oakley, who stepped in for the injured Amy Dowden once again, nailed a Quickstep to 1987's juggernaut hit Never Gonna Give You Up, too, yet the Strictly band were perhaps in the spotlight more than usual thanks to Pet Shop Boys turning up earlier in the programme.

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Strictly Come Dancing is back in Blackpool - and the professionals have brought some extra sparkle to the resort.

A legendary pop act opened Strictly Come Dancing's Blackpool show with a showstopping medley to kick start week nine of the competition. The Pet Shop Boys dazzled the Blackpool ballroom to open Saturday's live show (16 November).

All the celebrities and their professional partners have completed their dances for another week on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and the scores are in. Strictly Come Daning returned to Blackpool on Saturday (November 16) night,